checkout flight

check flight

i. A test flight to ascertain if all systems in the aircraft are fully serviceable. A check flight is carried out after a major inspection or repairs.ii. A flight on which a pilot or other crewmembers are checked for proficiency in the performance of their duties. Also called a check ride or a checkout flight.

The checkout flight initiated a NASA-Air Force flight research program to investigate the potential of aerodynamically twisting flexible wings to improve maneuverability of high-performance aircraft at transonic and supersonic speeds.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - The manufacturer of the solar-powered flying wing that crashed during a NASA checkout flight off Hawaii says it hopes to use a similar but smaller craft to continue tests this summer.

After extensive modifications and a couple of checkout flights in Waco, Texas, a heavily modified Boeing 747 carrying a 45,000-pound telescope arrived at Dryden on Thursday to begin its flight-test program.

Normal operations include F-15 training flights, flights to and from Loring Air Force Base, checkout flights after major overhauls or other maintenance, and other flight operations in support of the 102nd's basic mission.

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